Neverwhere

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Summary: Enjoyable from start to finish.
Review: Neil Gaiman is a fascinating author. One of the last great storytellers of our time. I am usually a slow to mid-tempo reader, but I cruised through this book, unable to put it down. I'm a struggling writer myself, and find Gaiman's work an infinite source of inspiration. This book as well as his other works of fiction are just terribly entertaining. This is one book I highly recommend for those looking for some entertainment.

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Summary: The ending is somewhat flat but otherwise its thrilling.
Review: I found the book very imaginative. I finished it in three days. I had just finished Dune when I picked up Neverwhere. I found it just as enjoyable as Dune but admittedly not as complex.

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Summary: I'm a Gaiman Convert.
Review: Gaiman has proven that you can write fantasy without including the duo of Dwarf and Dragon or placing the story in a "Knights of the Round Table" setting. I loved Gaimans London, (both above and below) and his characters, while undertaking the Epic quest (of sorts), are jacked-up enough to be wildly amusing. I read this book six months ago and I still find myself eyeing walls for concealed openings and wondering where closed doors on old buildings *really* lead to.

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Summary: Super good!
Review: This is a great book. There are definite fairy-tale aspects of it. (Alice in Wonderland has been mentioned.) It's not as dark as the Sandman series- where Sandman is horror, this is moderately dark fantasy. (The short-story collection _Smoke and Mirrors_ is similar to _Neverwhere_, and equally good. _Stardust_ is quite different from both.) The characters are wonderful- great variations on the standards. (Reading the other reviews, it must be a thousand times better if you have a vivid imagination.) I really liked this book- it's not an effort to read, but it's not a waste of time either. Oh, and if you want to read Terry Pratchett and Gaiman doing _Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_, pick up _Good Omens_. It's Hitchhiker's Guide with better villians.

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Summary: I'd read more from Gaiman!
Review: Quick moving adventure and clearly drawn characters pull you into a journey through a side of London you'll never see. Gaiman writes wonderful non-heroes(the marquis) and creates some truly terrifying villains. Croup and Vandemeer are all the scarier for the civilized veneer and the unashamed relish they take in their work!!!

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Summary: Fantastic!!!
Review: i LOVED this book!! It is a mix of fantasy, horror, and comedy all rolled up into one wonderful book! Neil Gaiman has become one of my favorite writers because of the unique-ness of his books. Be sure to also read his SANDMAN series, STARDUST, and his short stories in SMOKE AND MIRRORS.

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Summary: This is a wonder novel.
Review: This is a superb book. The author combines ideas of The Hobbit with his own original tale. He creates a world beneath London and puts explanation to everything we think nothing about. Gaiman develops he characters and plot line into a stunning story.

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Summary: A wondrous adventure.
Review: Having merely heard of Neil Gaiman (through Sandman), when I purchased this novel, I was hoping for nothing more than a book worth $6. Not only was this book worth the money I paid, I think it must be one of the best fantasy novels I have read in the last three or four years. A wonderfully complete, well illustrated world - with colourful characters and a gripping story. Gaiman's writing is sparse in this book, but this serves to better captivate the imagination. The concepts he draws at, the elements he leaves us wondering at (I NEED some follow-up books), left me marvelling. A warning, however: I picked up Stardust, and didn't like it at all. It felt, as another reader commented, 'incomplete'. So - don't buy that. Don't even read it. But you are really, really missing out if you do not read _Neverwhere_. Not only did I gobble it up, but it broke me out of my writer's block and allowed me to continue work on my novel.

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Summary: You might enjoy this if you are under 17 years old
Review: Even then, you might not like it. Gaiman is a competent writer, capable of holding a story together and presenting a whole array of coherent characters. Unfortunately, this book reminds me of some of the fantasies I read when I was 15. At the time, I accepted them as semi-interesting stories, lacking depth (in characterization, in message, in storyline), but nonetheless worth the read. Perhaps I value my time more now than then, but parts of this book were boring and the characters were flatter than Eric. The humor and characters seemed to be aimed at a younger crowd, but occasional scenes and thoughts were very grown up. A strange mix that doesn't, at least for me, work.

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Summary: it was wonderful to the point that you couldn't put it down.
Review: i really enjoyed this book very much. i just bought "stardust" & it was just as good. i just hope he write more books like this.